There was practically a blizzard on campus today! :) Maybe an inch in about half an hour, by my rough estimate. Of course I didn't think to take my camera to work, but luckily my cell phone did a pretty fine job:

Main Building

cell phone + cold = cool (unintentional) special effects

Another Angle on Main Building

Holy Cross Hall

Outside my Building

View from my Window

The weather guy was predicting snow around 4-5pm, so I wonder if it came early or if this is just a bonus. It's been about an hour since I took these photos, and I just looked out the window and it's coming down hard again. If only it were cold enough outside to let it stick around. I think I should go pick up Noah from the sitter... who needs a nap when there's SNOW falling!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

The N is a little disconnected (ignore the horizontal swoop that came later, it's the two vertical lines with a barely-diagonal vertical line in between), and the H is a bit wide, and of course the whole thing is not linear, but he's TWO... whaddyaexpect? :)

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Dave was eager to show me this video as soon as I got home from work today. Apparently, Noah told Daddy he was going to kick TWO balls, and of course Dave assumed he meant he'd kick one... and then the other... But no. He had something more impressive in mind.

We have no idea where he came up with the idea. It's certainly not a maneuver he's seen us attempt!

On a related note, lately he keeps trying to jump into his shoes -- both feet at once. I haven't seen him pull that one off quite yet.

*Toddlerese-to-English translation: "Mine can kick two (at) one time."

Thursday, February 11, 2010

I started a list way back in November, with lots of free promo codes for the Pampers Gifts to Grow program. I've found so many more freebies since then that I thought it was worth re-posting. Let me know if you know of any more promo codes, if you find out any of these are expired, or if you have one-time codes from Pampers diapers or wipes that you're not using!

In the past year or so, they've changed their prizes to eliminate shipping and handling charges, and they've added lots of great toys (Melissa & Doug, Manhattan Baby, etc.) Check out my November hack to see how to stretch these promo codes even further.

Promotional Code

STARTEARNINGNOW

10

Promotional Code

OHAMANDAAWGTG08

10

Promotional Code

WELCOMEBONUS089

10

Promotional Code

WELCOME2GTG0809

10

Promotional Code

THRIFTYMOMMYGTG

10

Promotional Code

JUSTBECAUSE2009

10

Promotional Code

GRATUIT89102009

10

Promotional Code

XKCMYXFVD96VXVK

30

Promotional Code

JOINTHEFUNGTG09

10

Promotional Code

happyholidays10

10

Promotional Code

GROWWITHVILLAGE

10

Promotional Code

WELCOME2GTG2010

10

Promotional Code

WELCOME2VILLAGE

10

Promotional Code

GTGPLAY2USA2010

30

NEW! (2/17/10)

GTGTEAMUSA2010

30

NEW! (4/3/10)

APR2010FACEBOOK

10

NEW! (5/1/10)

GTGLEARNMORE089

10

NEW! (5/15/10)

WELOVECHEERIOS2

10

NEW! (5/15/10)

GTGSPRINGFREE10

10

NEW! (5/15/10)

GETSTARTEDNOW10

10

In May 2010, I started another new GTG account (see the hack I posted way back when) and a few of these had expired. I crossed out the point values on those that didn't work for me this time. Let me know if you have better luck with them, or if any others expire.